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APN publishes the Legislative Round-Up -- the most comprehensive resource available anywhere on Middle East-related developments on Capitol Hill -- every Friday when Congress is in session. APN also hosts policy briefings on Capitol Hill and brings experts to meet with policy makers to maintain a steady flow of balanced information from the region.

Prepare for Netanyahu’s Washington Speeches:Listen for these 11 Bogus Arguments against an Iran Deal

On March 3rd, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of
Congress, where he is expected to make the case against a nuclear deal with Iran, at least a deal that could
result from the current negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 (the U.S., France, Germany, the Russian
Federation, the People's Republic of China, and the United Kingdom). During this visit to Washington,
Netanyahu will make other speeches and find other occasions to speak to the media in which he will no doubt,
make the same case. In anticipation of these speeches and statements, it is important to "un-pack" and
debunk the bogus arguments against an Iran deal that Netanyahu is most likely to be making. The eleven
most prominent of those arguments are examined here. The full document can be printed/downloaded here.

Below are the amendments that are pending for this morning's markup in the Senate Banking Committee of S. 269, “The Nuclear Weapon Free
Iran Act of 2015”, along with very brief analysis of what each would do. Taken as a whole, the goal of these
amendments appears to be to demonstrate that the base text – which is the subject of serious controversy – could be
a lot worse. Which of course is true, but does not change the fact that the base text itself remains
problematic, and moving ahead with it at this time directly threatens the ongoing talks with Iran over its nuclear
program.

Last week, in an appearance with British Prime Minister Cameron, President Obama laid out -- in the clearest
language yet -- the case against Congress pursuing new Iran sanctions at this time. APN wholly concurs with
the President's analysis and observations, highlighted below (underlining/bold added by APN).

As anybody who follows Israeli-Palestinian issues knows, on December 31, 2014, after the UN Security Council
rejected a Jordanian-backed resolution that would have imposed terms of reference and a timeline for
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Palestinian President Abbas did something – not everyone seems clear what – in the
international arena. This Q&A looks at what Abbas actually did and did not do, and what U.S. law says
about those actions.